Czech cultural corner debuts in Hanoi

A Czech cultural corner was inaugurated at the Centre for Cultural Exchange and International Cooperation (CCIC) in Hanoi on December 13. (Source: vov.vn)

Hanoi
(VNA) – A Czech cultural corner was inaugurated at the Centre for Cultural
Exchange and International Cooperation (CCIC) under the Vietnam Union of
Friendship Organisations (VUFO) in Hanoi on December 13.

Addressing the event,
CCIC Director Nguyen Trung Dung highlighted the time-honoured relations between
Vietnam and the Czech Republic, saying that alongside the economic partnership,
the two countries have cooperated in cultural and people-to-people exchanges.

The CCIC wants to
create a cultural space for Vietnamese who used to study and work in the Czech
Republic to recall their time in the European country, as well as for young people
to explore the Czech culture, he said.

The Czech cultural
corner serves as a living library introducing aspects of the Czech culture to
local people, as well as a venue for cultural, art, and language exchanges,
Dung added, expressing his hope that it will contribute to the growing friendship
between people of the two countries.

Lukas Musil, Czech
Deputy Ambassador in charge of politics, press, and culture, said the formation
of the cultural corner has proven that Czech traditions and customs have been
preserved and developed in Vietnam.

The Czech Government is
expected to establish a Czech centre in Hanoi in 2019, he said, adding that
Vietnam is the third country, after the Republic of Korea and Japan, to have such
a centre.–VNA